Wochita mantha wa Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz akuti pali lamulo limodzi losasinthika pansi pa denga lake: "Ndikakhala kunyumba ndipo Bonds amabwera ndi lamulo lanyumba kuti palibe amene amaloledwa kulankhula." Ili ndi gawo la cholowa cha Barry Bonds chomwe sitimva tsopano kuti wosewera waku San Francisco Giants wadutsa Henry Aaron kuti atenge mutu wopatulika kwambiri pamasewera onse: Major League baseball's home run king.
Pazaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndikuwonera baseball, Bonds ndi wosewera wamkulu yemwe ndidamuwonapo. M'zaka za m'ma 1990, adachita avareji mahomeri makumi atatu mphambu asanu ndi limodzi ndipo makumi atatu ndi anai amaba nyengo iliyonse. Ali ndi zaka 37, mu 2001, adagonjetsa maulendo makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu atatu; pa 38 anamenya .370 ndi osapembedza .582 peresenti pa-base; ali ndi zaka 39 adapambana MVP yake yachisanu ndi chimodzi, kumenya maulendo makumi anayi ndi asanu m'ma 390 okha pa mileme. Ali ndi zaka 40 adalemba mbiri pokhala munthu woyamba kukhala ndi peresenti yoyambira pa .600. Adachita bwino masewerawa ngati palibe wosewera wamakono pamasewera ena aliwonse kupatula Tiger Woods ndi Michael Jordan.
Koma ma Bonds adzasiya baseball kukhala malo a polarized. Masewera omwe ali kutali ndi malo ochezeka a San Francisco akhala zikondwerero za vitriol. Ambiri mwa ofalitsa nkhani amalankhula za iye ngati kuti anali Barry bin Laden kapena, monga Tom Sorensen wa Charlotte Observer amatchulira. iye, "OJ Lite."
Zonsezi zapangitsa kuti pakhale nyengo yotseguka ku ballpark. Kuwona zochitika zausiku zamasewera ambiri azungu omwe amawalola kuti onse azicheza motsutsana ndi m'modzi mwa othamanga otchuka aku Africa-America pamasewerawa kwakulitsa kusagwirizana. Zaposachedwa Kafukufuku wa New York Times, mafani aku Africa-America anali pafupifupi kawiri kuposa anzawo oyera kuti afune Bonds kuswa mbiri ya Aaron ya 755 homers; 57 peresenti ya anthu akuda ankafuna kuti Bonds athyole mbiriyo, motsutsana ndi 29 peresenti yokha ya azungu.
Kupangitsa kuti ulendowu ukhale wovuta kwambiri ndi munthu yemwe Bonds amafuna kuti amudutse: Henry Aaron. Mabondi amalembedwa mophiphiritsira โcholakwika mโmaseลตera,โ pamene Aaron wakhala mmodzi wa akazembe akuluakulu a baseball ndi nthano zamoyo. Aaron adawonekera modzidzimutsa pa Jumbotron Lachiwiri usiku Bonds atagunda mbiri yake. Izi ziyenera kuti zidasokoneza mamembala atolankhani omwe agwiritsa ntchito kukana kwa Aaron kukhala pamasewera kumenya Bonds pamutu.
Monga Jemele Hill wochokera ku ESPN adalemba , "Hank Aaron akuyenera bwino kuposa kuwona mbiri yake ikuthyoledwa ndi munthu wonyenga, wodzikuza yemwe sanachite kalikonse koma kukulitsa malingaliro a othamanga a Black. Mosakayikira iye ndi Hall of Famer komanso wosewera bwino kwambiri m'badwo uno - koma siali pafupifupi munthu Aroni, ndipo sayenera kumuposa mwanjira iliyonse. "
Aroni anakana kupita nawo ku msonkhanowo. Mu Epulo 1974, adaphwanya mbiri ya Babe Ruth yomwe idawoneka ngati yosagonjetseka pomenya mpikisano wake wa 715, akuchita izi mumkhalidwe wa tsankho. Mu 1973, atamaliza kulemba kalata ya Ruth, ofesi ya Post Office ya ku United States inanena kuti Aaron analandira makalata 930,000, ambiri mwa iwo ankamuopseza kuti amupha. Imodzi imene Aroni ananena pambuyo pake inali yofanana ndi ena ambiri amaลตerenga , "Wokondedwa Nigger, nyama yakuda iwe, ndikhulupilira kuti sudzakhala ndi moyo wautali wokwanira kugunda mathamangitsidwe ambiri kunyumba kuposa Babe Ruth wamkulu."
Monga Associated Press inalemba pa nthawiyo, โZiopsezo pa moyo wa Aaron zinayamba kufika mwakhama mโmasiku oyambirira a kuthamangitsidwa, ponse paลตiri ndi makalata ndi foni. Pamene ankayandikira, anthuwo anachulukirachulukira mโchiwerengero chakeโchilichonse chochokera mumzindawu komanso nthawi imene anthu ankati amupha, mpaka zimene wakuphayo angavale.โ
Iyi sinali nthawi yakale koma ma 1970s. Komanso, mosiyana ndi zomwe a Bonds adakumana nazo, gwero lalikulu la mkwiyo wowonekera kwa Aaron sikunali kumapaki ochezera koma "kunyumba" ku Atlanta.
Pambuyo pake Aaron adalemba kuti, "Otsatira a Atlanta sanachite manyazi kundidziwitsa zomwe amaganiza za $200,000 nigger yomenyana ndi amuna poyambira." Nkhani zakuwopsezazo zitadziwika, Aaron adalandira chithandizo ndi mgwirizano kuchokera kwa othandizira kuzungulira dzikolo, kuphatikiza mkazi wamasiye wa Babe Ruth, Claire. Thandizo limenelo silinapitirire, komabe, kwa mtsogoleri wa baseball Bowie Kuhn. Patsiku limene Aaron anathyola chizindikirocho, Kuhn anasankha kusapitako.
Mtsogoleri wapano Bud Selig, ndithudi, adasankha kuyimirira pamwambo wa Kuhn ndikukana dziko la baseball kukhalapo kwake pamasewera. Selig adachita nawo masewerawa ku San Diego pomwe Bonds adagunda nyumba yake ya 755th; adayimilira pomwe Bonds akuzungulira mabasi koma adasankha kusaombera.
Koma Aroni sitikudziwa chifukwa chake anakana kupezekapo. Komabe kaimidwe kake kakupangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kwa akatswiri a anti-Bonds kunena kuti tsankho lilibe chochita ndi rancor Bonds akulandira kuzungulira dzikolo.
Bryan Burwell, wolemba zamasewera waku Africa-America wa St. Louis Post-Dispatch ndi MSNBC.com, akulemba , "Aliyense amene amaganiza moona mtima kuti Aaron ndi munthu woipa ndipo Bonds ndiye wozunzidwayo mwina alibe chidziwitso cha mbiri ya America, kapena ndi chitsiru chathunthu."
Burwell akupitiriza kulemba, "Hank Aaron adazunzidwa ndi mzimu wakuda waku America mu 1974 kufunafuna chizindikiro cha Babe Ruth. Chidani ndi mkwiyo umene Bonds akukhala nawo panopa ndi chifukwa chodzivulaza yekha chifukwa chosadziletsa ndiponso kudziona ngati wachinyengo.โ
Vuto ndi nkhani zamtunduwu ndikuti zimatsekereza anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri za momwe kusankhana mitundu kumavomerezedwera ngati chotulukapo cha chipwirikiti cha anti-Bonds. Ngati anthu ngati Burwell, Hill ndi Sorenson (pakati pa ena ambiri) sazindikira kuti akupopera madzi opepuka pamoto, ndiye kuti ayenera kutuluka m'bokosi la atolankhani ndikulowa m'mipando yotsika mtengo kuti amve zomwe anthu akunena. Mabondi amapita ku mbale. M'malo moyambitsa zokambirana zazikulu pamasewera, ma steroid, otchuka komanso mtundu, apanga sewero la Sopo la Bonds ponena za zophophonya zamakhalidwe a munthu m'modzi-ndipo akuchita Aroni ndi kukumbukira zomwe adapirira moyipa kwambiri posunga moyo.